Following the successful launch of the R9 290X Vapor-X 8GB graphics card, Sapphire has decided to introduce yet another Radeon R9 290X graphics card with 8GB of video memory, lower clocks, and a Tri-X triple-fan cooler.

Based on the well known 28nm Hawaii XT GPU GCN 1.1 architecture with 2816 Stream Processors, 176 TMUs, 64 ROPs and 512-bit memory interface, the R9 290X has been AMD's high-end backbone for quite some time and it is no wonder that Sapphire has decided to spice up the offer with a new model featuring 8GB of GDDR5 memory as well as its custom Tri-X triple-fan cooler.

Based on a custom PCB with 6-phase VRM powered by two 8-pin PCI-Express power connectors, Sapphire's new R9 290X Tri-X 8GB works at a 1020MHz GPU clock while, the GDDR5 memory ended up clocked at 5.5GHz. The most important feature of the new R9 290X Tri-X 8GB graphics card is the Tri-X triple-fan cooler that features a total of five heatpipes, with a central 10mm heatpipe, connected to a hefty heatsink and cooled by three 85mm fans.

Based on AMD's Hawaii GPU with 2816 Stream Processors, the new Sapphire R9 290X 8GB Vapor-X graphics card is also a part of Sapphire's Overclocked Edition, which means that it will feature a factory-overclock which puts the GPU at 1030MHz while 8GB of GDDR5 memory paired up with a 512-bit memory interface ended up clocked at 1375MHz (5.5GHz effective).

Sapphire has decided to pair up the new 8GB Radeon R9 290X graphics card with its well known Vapor-X series cooler which features vapor chamber technology as well as the Tri-X structure with five heatpipes (10mm main, two 8mm and two 6mm) and three 90mm fans with two sets of dust repelling ball bearings and aerofoil section blades for maximum airflow and minimum noise. Sapphire also included a new feature called the PCB Component heat spreader which uses an additional heatsink mounted directly on an exposed part of copper PCB layer, which should reduce the temperature even further.

The new Sapphire R9 290X 8GB Vapor-X OC also features a custom PCB with 10-phase VRM with Direct-FET technology and Sapphire Black Diamond chokes. The new Sapphire R9 290X 8GB Vapor-X OC also comes with two DVI, HDMI 1.4a and Display Port outputs, making it perfect for three monitor Eyefinity setup, without the need for an active adapter, or recently popular 4K/UHD setups.

Unfortunately, Sapphire did not reveal any details regarding the price but did note that the new Sapphire R9 290X 8GB Vapor-X OC is currently shipping and should be showing up on retail/e-tail shelves. We have only managed to spot a non-OC version of Sapphire R9 290X Vapor-X Tri-X 8GB graphics card which is listed at around €670.

Sapphire has added yet another R9 200 series graphics card to its Vapor-X lineup, the Sapphire R9 290X Vapor-X OC which will not only feature a custom VRM part and factory-overclock but come with Sapphire's own Vapor-X triple-fan cooler.

Based on AMD's Hawaii XT GPU with 2816 Stream Processors, the Sapphire R9 290X Vapor-X OC works at 1080MHz for the GPU while 4GB of GDDR5 memory with 512-bit memory interface ended up clocked at 5.64GHz effective.

In order to keep with the factory-overclock as well as offer better overall stability, the new R9 290X Vapor-X Overclocked Edition also got a new custom Aero10 VRM part with 10-phase design with high-power direct-FET technology and Sapphire's Black Diamon Chokes and solid electrolyte capacitors. It also features Sapphire's newest Vapor-X cooler with Tri-X structure which features five heatpipes and three 90mm fans. The core heatpipe is 10mm, two are 8mm and two 6mm which should ensure even heat distribution from the GPU block with vapor chamber technology to the massive heatsink which is then cooled by three 90mm fans with dust repelling ball bearings and aerofoil section blades.

The new Sapphire R9 290X Vapor-X OC also comes with Dual BIOS option, LED illuminated Sapphire logo on the side of the card which changes color from blue when cool to yellow and red as the card heats up.

According to Sapphire, the new R9 290X Vapor-X Overclocked Edition should be shipping now and will be available soon from the usual Sapphire retailers/e-tailers. Unfortunately, Sapphire did not reveal any details regarding the price of the new graphics card.

Sapphire has unveiled the latest member of the Vapor-X OC lineup, the Radeon R9 290 Vapor-X OC graphics card. Based on the same 28nm Hawaii GPU with 2560 Stream Processors, the new Sapphire R9 290 Vapor-X OC features a hefty factory overclock as well as the new Vapor-X cooler.

The new Sapphire R9 290 Vapor-X OC works at 1030MHz for the GPU and comes equipped with 4GB of GDDR5 memory running at 1400MHz (5.6GHz effective). As a part of Sapphire's high-end Vapor-X OC lineup, the new graphics card combines the new Vapor-X cooler as well as the new Power Control circuitry, or precisely, the new VRM Engine which uses Digital Power control and features the new Aero6 VRM design with 6-phase Direct-FET power for the GPU, memory and control circuitry. It also comes with Sapphire Black Diamond chockesy as well as highly reliable solid electrolyte capacitors.

The new triple fan, dual slot Vapor-X cooler combines Sapphire Vapor-X technology with Sapphire's Tri-X structure which uses five heatpipes and three fans. The main 10mm heatpipe is complemented with two 8mm and two 6mm heatpipes in order to ensure maximum heat distribution, while three 90mm fans should keep the main heatsink well cooled. According to Sapphire, the new R9 290 Vapor-X OC should be between 5 and 10 degrees cooler than with Tri-X technology alone.

Design wise, the new R9 290 Vapor-X OC features black/blue color scheme and features LED illuminated Sapphire logo located on the side of the card which will change from blue when the card is cool, to yellow and red when it heats up. The R9 290 Vapor-X OC also features Dual BIO option and comes with two DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs.

Unfortunately, Sapphire did not reveal any details regarding the price but did note that the Sapphire R9 290 Vapor-X OC is shipping now and will be available from usual Sapphire etailers and retailers.

Videocardz.com managed to snag a picture of the upcoming Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Vapor-X graphics card which will feature 8GB of GDDR5 memory, making it a perfect graphics card for multi-screen or 4K/UHD gaming.

While Sapphire's R9 290X Tri-X is one of the best non-reference R9 290X graphics cards on the market, the 4GB of RAM was quite limiting in certain scenarios, mostly when talking about 4K/UHD resolutions and Eyefinity multi-monitor setups.

The upcoming Sapphire R9 290X Vapor-X is based on a blue-on-black color scheme, packs 8GB of GDDR5 memory and comes with a backplate which should keep the backside RAM chips cooled and offer more structural ridgidity to the card. We are not sure if the cooler is the same as on the Tri-X version or it will have some other improvements below the fans but in any case, it should be enough to keep the GPU well cooled.

Unfortunately, we still do not have any details regarding the actual clocks although we are quite sure we will see a decent factory-overclock. The precise launch date and the price is still unknown.

Sapphire is one of AMD's AIB partners that has launched a full lineup of recently introduced R9 and R7 series graphics cards including the R9 280X, R9 270X, R7 260X, R7 250 and the R7 240. To be precise, Sapphire decided to announce no less than 13 different SKUs, including members of its famous Dual-X, Vapor-X and the Toxic series.

Sapphire's R9 series will include a total of six SKUs including three R9 280X SKUs and three R9 270X SKUs. What made most of the Sapphire fans quite happy is "the return" of the famous Toxic series with the R9 280X Toxic that will work at 1150MHz base GPU and 1100MHz Boost clocks while 3GB of GDDR5 memory paired up with a 384-bit memory interface will be clocked at 6400MHz. Judging by the picture, Sapphire's Toxic R9 280X will feature a custom triple-fan cooler as well as a custom PCB with 10-phase VRM.

The Sapphire R9 280X will also be available in Vapor-X and Dual-X SKUs, both with custom dual-fan coolers. The Vapor-X R9 280X will work at 950MHz base and 1070MHz Boost GPU clocks while memory will be clocked at 6200MHz. The Dual-X on the other hand has a slightly lower 870MHz base and 1020MHz Boost GPU clocks while the same 3GB of GDDR5 memory is clocked at 6000MHz.

Sapphire's R9 270X series will be pretty much the same as the R9 280X series with three SKUs including Toxic, Vapor-X and the Dual-X SKUs. The Toxic R9 270X SKU will feature 1100MHz GPU base and 1150MHz Boost clocks while 2GB of GDDR5 memory paired up with a 256-bit memory interface will be clocked at 6000MHz effective. As expected, the Vapor-X and Dual-X R9 270X SKUs are clocked lower so the Vapor-X R9 270X ended up with 1050MHz base and 1100MHz Boost clocks while memory works at 5800MHz and the Dual-X does not even have Boost option so it works at only 1020MHz base clock with memory clocked at lower 5600MHz.

Sapphire's R7 lineup is even more extensive with a total of seven SKUs including single R7 260X 2GB SKU, two R7 250 SKUs and four R7 240 SKUs. The most interesting part is the R7 260X one that will feature 896 stream processors, 2GB of GDDR5 memory paired up with a 128-bit memory interface and hit the perfect US $139 price range. The R7 260X is the only currently announced graphics cards that will have support for AMD TrueSound and Mantle API. Sapphire's R7 260X OC SKUs is clocked at 1150MHz for the GPU while memory ended up at 6600MHz.

Two R7 250 SKUs are quite interesting since Sapphire decided to go for a 2GB DDR3 equipped SKU while second one will feature 1GB of GDDR5 memory. Both feature 384 stream processors and a 128-bit memory interface. The R7 250 2GB DDR3 SKU works at 1000MHz GPU base and 1050MHz boost clock while memory ended up clocked at 4600MHz for the 1GB GDDR5 SKU and 1800MHz effective for the 2GB DDR3 version.

As noted earlier, the Sapphire R7 240 series will include four different SKUs with 1, 2 or 4GB of DDR3 or 1GB of GDDR5 memory. All four will feature 320 stream processors and work at 730MHz base and 780MHz boost clock, in case it is equipped with boost and feature 128-bit memory interface.

Sapphire definitely has most SKUs on the market and we are glad that at least some of those will be a part of Sapphire's Vapor-X, Dual-X and even Toxic series.

Sapphire has followed up AMD with its new Radeon HD 7950 BIOS and launched a new Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 Boost Vapor-X OC graphics card.

Sapphire even tweaked the specifications a bit leaving the base GPU clock at 850MHz but pushing the Boost clock up from AMD's 925MHz to 950MHz. It also comes with 3GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 5GHz and paired up with a 384-bit memory interface.

As a part of Sapphire's Vapor-X lineup, the card uses a Sapphire Vapor-X cooler with larger vapor-chamber plate paired up with a large heatsink and a pair of 90mm fans. The PCB also got a slight tweak so you are looking at a graphics card that needs two 8-pin PCI-Express power connectors due to its beefier VRM.

The new Sapphire HD 7950 Boost Vapor-X OC graphics card is expected to hit retail/e-tail with a US $350 price tag.

In addition to the recently introduced Sapphire HD 7970 Toxic Edition graphics card, Sapphire has decided to expand its HD 7970 lineup with two new HD 7970 models that will be a part of the Vapor-X Edition lineup. As expected, both are based on AMD's Tahiti XT2 GPU.

The Sapphire HD 7970 6GB Vapor-X shares some features with the recently introduced Sapphire HD 7970 Toxic Edition as it packs the same 6GB of GDDR5 memory set to work at 6000MHz. It ticks at 1000MHz base and 1050MHz Powertune boost clock on standard BIOS while performance BIOS is set at 1050/1100MHz. It has a 10-phase power design with Black Diamond Chokes, DirectFET technology, 12-layer PCB and a set of LEDs that display PCB temperature, same thing we have seen on the Toxic Edition graphics card.

The second model is the Sapphire HD 7970 3GB Vapor-X Edition, that, according to Sapphire, should deliver similar high performance at a more aggressive price point. It packs 3GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 6000MHz and works at 1000MHz for the base and 1050MHz for Powertune boost clock. It is based on 8-phase power design.

As a part of the Vapor-X Edition lineup, both cards feature the same dual-slot cooler based on a new vapor chamber that is connected to a heatsink via four heatpipes (2x8mm and 2x6mm) and cooled by two 90mm fans with aerofoil blades and dust repelling bearings.

Unfortunately, the price or the actual availability date have not been announced but Sapphire noted that both cards are in production now and should hit retail/e-tail pretty soon.

Sapphire has added yet another graphics card to its already impressive Radeon HD 7000 series lineup based on the new Graphics Core Next architecture.

The new Radeon HD 7770 Vapor-X OC Edition is based on AMD's 28nm Cape Verde GPU and features 640 stream processors organized in 10 Compute Units, 16 ROPs, 40 texture units and 1GB of GDDR5 memory paired up with a 128-bit memory interface.

As we are talking about an OC Edition card, Sapphire has included a decent factory overclock taking the card from reference 1000MHz for the GPU and 1125MHz (4.5GHz effective) for memory to 1100MHz for the GPU and 1300MHz (5.2GHz effective) for the same 1GB of GDDR5 memory paired up with a 128-bit memory interface.

In order to keep the temps at bay, Sapphire resorted to its own Vapor-X dual-slot, dual-fan cooler that features vapor chamber cooling technology. The new Sapphire HD 7770 Vapor-X OC Edition features two DVI (DVI-I and DVI-D), HDMI 1.4a and DisplayPort outputs, with support for up to four monitors.

The card is already listed in Europe with a lowest price set at €134,49 and should be available as of next week.

Although the Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 Toxic with 6GB of memory has been seen and pixellized at Cebit 2012, OClab.ru site managed to actually get their hands on one, strip it down to its custom PCB for a photo session and even overclock it, just to see high can this puppy go.

Encased in glass at Cebit 2012 show, it was quite clear that details will be kept hidden but it looks like that Sapphire is finally ready to spill some details regarding its Radeon HD 7970 Toxic 6GB graphics card. The fully custom PCB and Sapphire's Vapor-X cooler were enough to get the card to 1150MHz for the GPU and 1500MHz (6GHz effective) for a total of 6GB of GDDR5 memory paired up with a 384-bit memory interface.

The custom PCB features uses 8+3-phase VRM with solid-state chokes and International Rectifier DirectFETs as well as two 8-pin PCI-Express power connectors in order to feed it enough power for additional overclocking. As noted, it has a total of 24 GDDR5 memory chips, 12 on each side of the PCB, and the back ones are covered with a backplate.

There will be a couple of neat features included with the new Toxic card including the VRM LEDs that will give a real-time load indication, as well as the dual-BIOS with fail safe option. The main feature is, of course, Sapphire's new Vapor-X dual-slot cooler. In addition to quite cool and impressive looks, the new Vapor-X should also be quite a performer as well with a hefty heatsink connected to the copper Vapor core via four 8mm nickel-plated copper heatpipes and cooled down by two 80mm fans.

OCLab.ru managed to overclock the card from its factory overclocked settings to 1300MHz for the GPU and 1900MHz (7.6GHz effective) for memory and do a quick 3DMark 11 performance bench where it scored P12463.